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How Scabies Infects Your Body

How Scabies Infects Your Body

Scabies, a transmissible ectoparasite skin infection, is characterized by superficial burrows, secondary infection and intense itching. This makes good sense as the actual word ‘scabies’ is Latin for ‘itch’. Unlike alot of different infections and diseases the cause of scabies is actually known. Caused by the mite, variety hominis, it intensifies which results in extremely [...]

Some Facts About Scabies

Despite the social stigma attached to contracting scabies, it is a remarkably common disease, infecting hundreds of millions of people all around the world every year. Scabies is NOT caused by being dirty or unclean, and is not just a problem for the poor, the homeless or under-privileged. Still, it is perceived as something you [...]